A two year study by Medicare showed that Radiology providers billed Medicare inappropriately for a staggering 100,034 radiology services according to HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG). This translated into Medicare overpayments to the tune of $20 million dollars where Medicare Part A covered radiology services but providers still billed Part B for the technical component of those services as if they were outpatient services according to the OIG report. In a nutshell, Medicare paid these claims twice. Prepayment edits are the proposed solution to this matter and would disallow the submission of any medical billing claim that had the same services under Part A and Part B claims. If …